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Real Genius

19851h 46m6.7/ 10 · TMDB · 526 votes
ComedyRomanceScience Fiction

When teenage geniuses Mitch Taylor and Chris Knight, working on an advanced laser project, learn that the military wants to use it as a weapon, they decide to thwart the plan.

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Directed by Martha Coolidge

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Ansh Kapoor

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The people behind the story

Val Kilmer
Val Kilmer

Chris Knight

Gabriel Jarret
Gabriel Jarret

Mitch Taylor

Michelle Meyrink
Michelle Meyrink

Jordan

William Atherton
William Atherton

Professor Hathaway

Robert Prescott
Robert Prescott

Kent

Louis Giambalvo
Louis Giambalvo

Major Carnagle

Jon Gries
Jon Gries

Lazlo Hollyfeld

Ed Lauter
Ed Lauter

CIA Man Decker

Stacy Peralta
Stacy Peralta

Shuttle Pilot

Daniel Ades
Daniel Ades

Laser Ray Victim

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Film details

Released7 Aug 1985
Original languageEnglish
CountriesUnited States of America
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